Radio Tokelau
By Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand ‘The Tokelau (or Union) Group of islands which was attached to the Western Samoan administration from 1926…
WXLE Memories
By David Ricquish The Inside Stories from WXLE DJ’s We’ve been fortunate to have several WXLE DJ’s share their stories with us, and tell us…
Canton Island in the Phoenix Islands Group, WXLE Radio 1385
By David Ricquish The Phoenix Group of Islands Far out in the Central Pacific, the Phoenix Islands lie in the sun, calm lagoons protected from…
Cruisin’ with the Cows at Radio Norfolk
By David Ricquish It’s ‘drivetime’ on Radio Norfolk, and down the road at the Burnt Pine shopping center, there’s a potential traffic jam when wandering…
55 Years of Army Radio on Kwajalein
By Eugene Sims Most of us remember the hilarious routines of actor Robin Williams in the movie Good Morning Vietnam. The monologue spiels by Williams…
From Hawkes Bay to Replay Radio (Forty-Four Years in Radio)
From Hawkes Bay to Replay Radio By David Lindsay I’m not at all sure what got me interested in radio. As a schoolboy I remember…
Hong Kong on SW
This article was originally aired over Adventist World Radio’s “Wavescan” program . Copyright to author: Adrian Peterson A major political change directly affecting the lives…
Voice of Samoa Christchurch
Voice of Samoa celebrates Christchurch milestone Caroline King The Samoan community will celebrate a milestone tomorrow with a party to mark the first birthday of…
From David’s Desk: Issue 3
16 March 2005 Volunteers boost projects As a global on-line project, our lifeblood is the support of volunteers and others who send us radio heritage…
From David’s Desk: Issue 2
09 February 2005 New Zealand’s radio heritage sites in danger.But you can help turn these threats into opportunity! The ease with which radio heritage can…
WVUS New Caledonia
Mosquito Network in the French Pacific Some Contemporary Recollections by David Ricquish In May 1943, a station was heard in New Zealand, identifying itself with…
This is WVUV…
WVUV Radio in American Samoa by Bill Reiker After a 35 year broadcast career in the U.S., I took some time off in 1989 to…
Radio in Samoa
5ZA-ZMAP-2AP in Apia by Dr Adrian Peterson It was very early in the wireless era that a spark gap Morse Code station was established at…
Radio ZJV Suva
Foundations of Radio Fiji by Len Usher and Hugh Leonard The first Fiji Broadcasting Commission was appointed in June 1953, as assumed control of broadcasting…
Radio in the Puppet State of Manchuria
JQAK Dairen and MTCY Hsinking (Port Arthur) by Dr Adrian Peterson In the three eras of expansion in the nearby areas of coastal Asia, the…
King Kong Radio Kauai – KQNG and KUAI AM Radio
KUAI 720 The Kaumuali’i Highway traverses the western side of the island of Kaua’i, leading to historic Waimea where Captain Cook landed in 1778, and…
Radio New Zealand Signs On
Radio New Zealand Shortwave Service in 1948 From Monday, September 27, listeners with shortwave receivers in many parts of the world will pick up new…
The Voice of Australia
AWA’s VK2ME Sydney and VK3ME Melbourne by Dr. Adrian Peterson The almost forgotten anniversary! September 5, 1927 It was just 75 years ago that the…
A Tale of Three Cities
A Tale of Three Cities By David Ricquish On July 1 1932, the NZ Radio Record published the first issue of a helpful guide to…
The Art of Radio
When radio was introduced to the public in the early 1920’s, it was a time when poster art was still an important means of advertising….